Re: [bug-inetutils] Ping6 bug - timing gone wild

[Debarshi Ray]

> >  I believe the bug is in incorrect pointer handling at print_echo() (see
>  >  patch below). Possibly the bug does not manifest itself on architectures
>  >  where sizeof(timeval) == sizeof(icmp6_hdr).
>
>
> Michal's patch fixes it for me (GNU/Linux x86_64). Can anyone confirm
>  if it breaks anything on other systems? If not, then I plan to commit
>  the following patch on Michal's behalf:

Seems like the bug does not bite x86 GNU/Linux systems and the patch
does not cause any regressions either. Thanks to Andrew Robbins on
#gnu for the testing.

Going to commit now.

Happy hacking,
Debarshi
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